Born in Ephrata, she was a daughter of the late Clarence and Elizabeth (Pierce) Dickersheid. Her husband of 72 years, Samuel K. Woods, died Feb. 9.

Dorothy was a 1943 Ephrata High School and 1944 Reading Business Institute graduate, and worked for Bollman Hat Company, Adamstown. She was a member of St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Adamstown, and enjoyed painting, crocheting, sewing, crafts, and her dogs, especially the late Skipper and Tippy.